Background
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, raised in New York City, and now residing in the San Francisco Bay Area

Education
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA
Stanford University, BA in Economics with honors, distinction & Phi Beta Kappa

Solo Exhibitions
2013
WaterLand, Carte Blanche Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In the Landscape, Photo Gallery, Oakland, CA (upcoming in the Fall)

2012
In the Landscape, Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Critical Mass Top 50, curated by WM Hunt, Southeast Museum of Photography, FL (upcoming)
Critical Mass Top 50, curated by WM Hunt, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA (upcoming)
CENTER'S Curve, Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (upcoming)
Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
photo l.a. 2013, Los Angeles, CA

2012
Looking at the Land, RISD Museum of Art, curated by Andy Adams, Providence, RI
In the Landscape (solo exhibition), Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Curve: Center Award Winners, 2012, New Mexico Museum of Art,Santa Fe, NM
Transient States, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
18th Annual Juried Competition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Equivalents, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Sweet Snaps, Pro’jekt LA, Space 15Twenty, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Photographica's New Images Photography Awards, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA

2011
Aground, PhotoCenter Northwest, Seattle, WA
Fresh, KlompChing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
photographers: network 2011, Thomas Kellner's studio, Seigen, Germany
Made in Woodstock V, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

2010
Benefit Gala, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Art for AIDS Auction, Live Auction, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2010 Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portlad, OR
Glimpses in Time, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
Biennial Photography 2010, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
Revisiting Beauty, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

2009
MOPA, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
APATURE, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Art for AIDS Auction, Bonham and Butterfields, San Francisco, CA
Warehouse Event, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Money-Money-Money, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008
Our Environment, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
ArtSeen 3, Downtown Gallery Row, Los Angeles, CA
Mirror for the 21st Century, BECA Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Vernissage,SFAI MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Ways and Means, 938 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA

2007
Flash Forward 07 Recycling Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Another Country, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Sublime Terra, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Home, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
Shadow Castles, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art for AIDS Auction, Bonham and Butterfields, San Francisco, CA
Composing Biology, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2005
Two x 20, Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

Awards/Honors/Recognition
2013
CENTER Gallerist's Choice Award, selected by Lauren Panzo, Director, Pace/MacGill Gallery, 3rd Choice
Kolga International Photo Award, Winner (Conceptual Category)
PDN's 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Nominee

2012
APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship Grant, Winner
CENTER/Review Santa Fe Project Launch, selected by Virginia Heckert, Curator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Honorable Mention
Conscientious Portfolio Competition, Finalist
Griffin Museum of Photography's 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, selected by Paul Kopeikin, Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles, Honorable Mention
Equivalents, Photo Center NW, selected by W.M Hunt, Honorable Mention
Gallery Photographica New Images Photography Awards, selected by Rose Marasco, Second Place
PhotoLucida's Critical Mass, Finalist

2011
Aground exhibition selected by Karen Irvine, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Second Place

2010
Biennial Photography 2010, selected by Lesley Martin, publisher of Aperture, Award for Excellence

2008
Ella King Torrey Award, San Francisco Art Institute, Nominee
ArtSeen Emerging Artists Competition, Winner

2007
Flash Forward Emerging Photographers, Magenta Foundation, Winner
PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, fine arts category, Honorable Mention
The Independent (UK) “STUART Art Collection Competition", Winning Image

Publications/Bibliography

2014
Summertime, curated by Joanne Dugan, to be published Chronicle Books

2013
“Down by the Water: Exploring ‘WaterLand,” Addy Bhasin, The Daily Californian 
“SF Bay Area art picks, Feb. 14-17,” Mary Eisenhart, SFGate.com (San Francisco Chronicle)
“Events you can’t miss in February,” (WaterLand exhibition), California Home + Design
“WaterLand,” Lost in SF
“Interview with Photographer Donna Wan,” Malina Chavez and Courtney McDaniel, CDS (News from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)

2012
Today’s Flak Photo: Donna J. Wan, At the Air Strip, flakphoto.com
Review Santa Fe Project Launch Juror’s Statement, Virginia Heckert, J. Paul Getty Museum
Landscape, ARCHIVO Autumn Issue, No 2, online and print
“Rarefied A-I-R: Donna J. Wan,“ PDN, Holly Hughes, online & print, November
“2012 Center Award Winners,” Fraction Magazine

2011
"In the Landscape," Dude Magazine, December 2011
Fallh, Amir, "Donna J. Wan's Promised Lands," Beautiful Decay Magazine, September
Capasso, Raffaele and Francesco Claudio Cipolleta, "In the Landscape," Dead Porcupine Magazine, August
W.M. Hunt, Fraction Magazine Special Edition of Fresh Show 2011
"Klompching Gallery's Fresh 2011 Exhibition," Lenscratch, July 20, 2011
Terranova, Amber, "At the Edge of the Lake," PDN Picture of the Day, July 19, 2011
Wolff, Rachel, "Lay of the Land", Forward Thinking Museum blog, January 2011

2010
Colberg, Joerg, Contemporary Photographer and Promised Lands feature, Conscientious website, August

2009
Weinberg, Lauren, “Cashing in: Mary Jane Jacob juries ARC Gallery’s timely ‘Money, Money, Money,” Time Out Chicago, January 8-14, 2009, p. 53

2008
Vogel, Traci, “Ways and Means: SFAI Group Show,” SF Weekly, April 16-22, 2008, p.31
Whiteside, Jessica, “Ways & Means,” www.artbusiness.com, April 18, 2008
"Your Reviews: 'MIRROR for the 21st Century'”, The Saatchi Gallery, UK/Saatchi Online, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk, May 2008

 
Additional Information
2010
Guest Teacher, Landscape Photography Workshop, Olana, Hudson, New York

2009
Guest Lecturer, UCLA, invited Catherine Opie on February 18, 2009
Artist-In-Residence at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York

2008
Collectors include the Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Ford and Thomas Kellner

2007
SFMOMA Artists’ Gallery representation of select work